15:14:07 <ShaneM> ... RDFa Core says that already, so we are okay. But HTML+RDFa needs to talk about how to extract xmlns from the infoset or DOM-based processors - it was part of the feedback on HTML5.

... RDFa Core says that already, so we are okay. But HTML+RDFa needs to talk about how to extract xmlns from the infoset or DOM-based processors - it was part of the feedback on HTML5.←

15:14:47 <ShaneM> ... I do intend to go back and edit so it mentions it less. But we got feedback from the HTML5 community that we need to cover the case so processor authors know how to get the content.

... I do intend to go back and edit so it mentions it less. But we got feedback from the HTML5 community that we need to cover the case so processor authors know how to get the content.←

15:15:38 <ShaneM> ivan: We need to say that @xmlns is deprecated in HTML+RDFa - but for backward compatibility we need to process it.

Ivan Herman: We need to say that @xmlns is deprecated in HTML+RDFa - but for backward compatibility we need to process it.←

15:15:54 <ShaneM> Manu: So this is a direction to authors, not to processor developers.

Manu Sporny: So this is a direction to authors, not to processor developers.←

15:17:56 <manu> PROPOSAL: HTML5+RDFa 1.1 should mention that xmlns: is processed only for backwards-compatibility reasons and that authors SHOULD NOT use xmlns: and should use @prefix instead.

PROPOSED: HTML5+RDFa 1.1 should mention that xmlns: is processed only for backwards-compatibility reasons and that authors SHOULD NOT use xmlns: and should use @prefix instead.←